Machine for dressing the interior of barrels.



M. J. HADDIGAN.

MACHINE PoR DRESSING THB INTERIOR op BAREELS.

APPLICATION FILED 00T.31, 1912. 1,126,450, Patented Jan. 26, 1915.

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MACHINE FON DRESSING THE INTERIOR or BARRBLS.

APPLICATION FILED 0012.31, 1912.

1,126,450. Patenteddan. 26, 1915.

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M N N THE NORRIS PETERS C0., PHoTc-LITHO.. WASHING TUN, D. C.

M. J. HADDIGAN.

MACHINE FOR DRESSING THE INTERIOR OF BARRELS. APPLICATION FILED 001231, 1912.

1,126,450. Patented Ja,11.26,1915.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MICHAEL J'. I-IADDIGAN, 0F PEORIA, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-FOUBTI-IS TO JAMES E; MURPHY .AND ONE-FOURTH TO FLORENTINE D. SCHERER, BOTH OF PEORIA,

ILLINOIS.

MACHINE FOR DRESSING THE INTERIOR 0F BARRELS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 26, 1915.

Application filed October 31, 1912. Serial N o. 728,756.

T0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, MICHAEL J. HADDI- GAN, citizen of the United States, residing at Peoria, in the county of Peoria and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Dressing the Interior of Barrels; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of\ the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the' same.

The invention relates to-a machine for removing char from barrels.

It is the desire to remove the char from used whisky barrels in order to lit them for further use.

An object of the invention, therefore, is to construct a machine that will be thoroughly practical in its operation and thorough in its work in removing the char from a barrel, and one that will be able to handle a considerable number of barrels in the shortest possible time.

Another object is to adapt a plane or plane-bit to the routing or cleaning of the interior surface of a barrel especially in a machine of this type.

The maj ority of machines of this kind employ such devices as rasps, wire brushes and Y the like for the removal of the char but the operation is a slow and expensive one and in view of this I have adapted a plane for this purpose whose use calls for a peculiar arrangement of parts by which to handle it and by which to adjust it to its work. But these and other features will be brought out inthe following specification aided by the accompanying drawings, wherein,

Figure l is aside elevation of the ma chine. Fig.. 2 is a sectional elevation of a part of a rotating barrel holding ring. Fig. 3 is a front or face view of the saine. Fig. et is an end elevation of the machine.V Fig. 5 shows a part of the machine in perspective. F ig. 6 shows in perspective a plane and some of its` associated parts. Fig.` 7 is a transverse sectional elevation of a gear box shown, Fig. 1, and Fig. 8 is a longitudinal section of the gear boxV shown in Figs. l

Vand 7.

A indicates the frame of the machine which consists of a suitable base having at one end a raised portion B upon which is mounted a stationary shaft or spindle C, the same being secured in suitable clamps D, for example, fixed on said portion B. It may be stated, in passing, that the oflice of the part B is merely to furnish a support for the spindle C suiiiciently high to allow the barrel, whose center is substantially coincident with the axis of said spindle, to freely rotate above the base A.

Rotatably mounted on the spindle C is a pulley E driven by means of a belt F for example. Rotatable also upon the spindle C is a clutch member G which is constructed with a tapered portion H adapted to frictionally engage the inner surface of the adjacent portion of the pulley E which is conically bored to receive it. The said clutch member G includes a series of arms J with which is cast a ring K having a conical bore L, Fig. 3, to correspond with the slant of the outer face of the end of the bar'- rel. I employ the arms J or equivalent means by which to space the said ring K from the plate G and this spacing isdone merely in order to set the barrel away from the clutch portion so that the parts which carry the cutting member to be described later, can extend beyond the end of the barrel to permit the said cutting member to move along the full length of the barrel or from end to end. For the sake of brevity I shall refer to the rotating part K as a head or head piece.

I provide a second ring K of smaller diameter than the ring K and this is seated in the latter and may be held by any suitable pins M, but one of which is shown, see Figs. 2 and 3, and the bore of the ring I is of a size and form that will receive and carry a barrel of smaller diameter than that held by the ring K.

The pulley E is adapted to shift laterally upon the spindle C and constitutes a clutch portion while the part G, which is the barrel rotating part, is held in any suitable manner so that it will have no lateral movement upon the said spindle, merely rotating there on as stated.

A lever N is pivoted at O on some suitable part of the machine and is connected at its lower end to a shifting-rod P which extends toward the opposite end of the niacliine within easy reach.. of the operator and a lever Q, for instance, may have control of the rod to make the operation of shifting the pulley an easy one although it is understood that any other means for this purpose may be employed. The base A is provided with suitable runways at its upper part which have been shown in Figs. 4l. and 5 but these will receive no description herein, since they are common to many other types of machines and they are only required to be of a form that will support and properly guide the carriage indicated at R.

This said carriage includes the upright side members S clearly shown in Fig. 5 to which is secured or with which is cast a ring T, which shall term a tail-piece, the plane of which lies parallel to the plane of the ring K. Within said ring T is a ring T having substantially the same internal diameter as the ring K and it may be provided also with a smaller ring` T2` corresponding to K. Since the ring T is fixed in its position the 'Y ring T is rotatable since it carries theend of a barrel of the large s ize,'while the saidl smaller ring T2 will take the small barrel in the same way as the ring K. The ring T must rotate while the ring T2 will, of course, rotate with it.

l-Iaving provided means for holding the barrel, some means must be furnished for clamping the same between Vthe two rings described. llVhile this may be vhand operated mechanism I prefer to operate it through certain gearing to ybe Vdescribed presently which is within what I shall term a gear-box U mounted upon suitable ways V of part of the carriage R. v

Dependingfrom the ring T and secured relatively to it is a nut W threaded internally t0 take a screw 2 one end of which is journaled in a suitable boxing 3 mounted,

c for example, on a cross-partition 4 forming a part of the frame or base A. The other' end of the screw is Journaled in a boxing 5 mounted on the end of the base A. Rotation of the screw will naturally impart movement to the carriage R and the tailpiece T longitudinally of the frame. A gear wheel 6 is mounted upon the screw 2i and rotation is imparted toit throughV a gear 7 rotatably mounted'on a fixed shaft o'r rod 8 in theggear-box, or by means of a gear 9' on a fixed shaft or red 10, both of which wheels 7,9, receive motion throughrmeans now to be described. Y

11 is a drive shaft preferably extending the full length of the machine and carrying a driving pulley 12 at one end. This shaft, see Fig. S, carries a gear 13 the latter having a feather 1a which slides in a featherway 15 of said shaft. This gear is in mesh with and drives the gear 9 of the fixed shaft 10 the last Vnamed gear being rotatable with a gear 16 which meshes with the said gear i 7 .of the fixed shaft 8. The shaft 11 is in constant rotation and will impart a move- Yturn rotates the gear 7V which operates the gear G, if the latter should be in mesh therewith. However, the said gear 6 may be in mesh with the gear 9 and in order that this may be possible the said gear 6 is shiftableV along the shaft 2 which is accomplished through a forked member 17 which itself is carried by and is shiftable upon the fixed shaft or rod 8 and moves the wheel 6 by means of its hub 18it being understood that the gear G must have a bore large enough to slide upon the screw 2 carrying it. On the rear end of the gear box is a lever 19 pivoted at its end on any suitable extension20 and provided with a spring latch 21 to engage the usual notches of a sector 22 secured in any suitable manner to said gear box. 23 is a rod pivoted to the lever and extending through .the wall of the gear box and having Ypivotal connection with the forked member 17 described. Y

It will be noted that a movement of the lever will shift the gear 6 into mesh with either the gear 7 or the gear. 9 or it maybe placed in an intermediate position in which Y case the'screw 2 will not be rotated. it will be noted furtherv that through the arrangement of gearing provided,'thescrew 2 can be operated in either direction vaccording to the gear withv which Ait may be in mesh. In one direction of rotation of the screw the carriage R can be moved away from the position of the barrel and in the other direction it will be moved up to the barrel to hold `it inv place for the cleaning operation. Y

Having now provided Vthe means for clamping and rotating the barrel I next provide thef means for cleaning its interior. This consists, first, of a screw 2a which extends through and at one end has its bearings in the walls of the gear-box Il. 25 is a member constituting what maybe termed a cross-arnrhaving` at substantially Vthe middle of its lengtha bore 26 to.y slip upon .theVV end of the vspindle C. One end'of tlie-'arm, in this instance the lower Vend,'is boredV and receives the endofjrthe' said screw 2a and constitutes a bearing for'thegsame. A bent bar 27 which I terma pattern guide is fixed at one end in the other` extremity ofthe cross-arm while the opposite endof the bar is held in suitable clamping portions,28,`

Suspended from the said pattern guide 27 is a hanger 29l by means of suitable grooved rollers 30, for example, and suspended from said hanger is the cutting tool comprising a plane-block 3l provided with the usual bit or blade 32, there being a yoke 33 pivoted to said block which is the part suspended from thesaid hanger 29 by means, for example, of a stem 34.

Pivoted between the upright arms 34 of the plane-block is a member 35 provided with a stem 36 which is suitably swiveled in a block 37. The latter is bored at 38 and threaded to receive the screw 24 previously described. Said block 37 which may be termed a feed-nut has an arm extension 39 whose extremity is bored at 40 to receive a rod 41 lying parallel to the said screw 24. This said rod 41 is supported at each end in one end of a link 42, one lying near the gear box and the other adjacent the outer end of the said thread bar 24, the opposite ends of the links being bored so as to be placed on the latter, those parts of the screw carrying the said links being devoid of threads. The screw merely forms supports for the said links, the latter being merely intended to rock thereon and prevented from shifting along the same by any suitable means not shown.

The link 42 adjacent the gear box is provided with a lever extension 43 by which the operator may adjust the plane to its work. By a study of Fig. 4 it will be observed that the plane is suspended with its bit or blade 32 in position to engage the interior surface of the barrel and that the plane-block is suspended from the bent rod 27 as described. It is also observed that the lever 43, just mentioned, is in control of the rod 4l and can move that member in an are described from the screw 24 through the links 42 and in its ability to thus move the extension 39 of the block 37 it can be raised or lowered as desired and by moving the lever toward the back of the machine so as to depress the forward extension of the block 37 the plane will be moved in the direction of the work and can be held with as much pressure to the work as desired vand can be removed from the inner surface of the barrel by a forward movement of the lever.

As before stated, the pattern guide 27 corresponds substantially to the curve of the barrel its lowest point being opposite the bilge of the latter. The rotation of the screw 24 in either direction will result in carrying the plane along it and the bent rod must, of course, cause the plane to follow the contour of the inner barrel surface.

In some of the claims I shall refer to the pattern guide 27, the screw 24, and the arm 25 as a member since together they constitute a unit upon which the plane is carried.

Means is provided to reverse the direction of rotation of the screw 24 and this is accomplished through a gear wheel 44 fixed thereonand certain other gearing. For example, 45 is a stationary engine or rod upon which is rotatably mounted a gear 46 together with a gear 47 both of which are fixed relatively to one another. The shaft 11 carries a gear 48 which is slidable along it but keyed to it, see key 49. A lever 50 is in control of the last named gear and is provided with any suitable spring-latch 5l engaging any one of a series of holes 52 in a sector 53 mounted on the gear box. Said gear 43 may mesh with the gear 46 or with a gear 54 on the xed shaft 10, before described, said gear 54 being in mesh with the gear 47. lt is observed that rotation of the shaft l1 will rotate the screw 24 in the same direction with it through the gears 46 and 44. l-lowever, when said gear 48 iis carried into mesh with the gear 54 the opposite direction of rotation to the screw 24 will be imparted duc to an added gear in the train, that is to say, gears 43, 54, 47, 46 and 44 are now those that constitute the train of gears. lt is only necessary, in order to move the plane in either direction, to shift the lever 5l between its extremities of movement. l3nt when this portion of the machine is to remain idle the central position of the lever will insure that the gear 48 will be in its neutral or idle position.

ln its movement along bar 27 and the barrel the cutting tool will naturally follow the curve of the barrel surface, the operator through the lever 43 merely providing the desired pressure for the needed cut.

ln order to provide for barrels of different lengths the gear box U is slidable for a limited distance upon the runways V of the carriage R. R is a toothed rack formed with part of the said carriage R and lies parallel to the said runways V, one of its teeth being shown at R2, F ig. 4. A vertical shaft U is j ournaled in the gear box U and carries a pinion U2 which engages said rack. It is now observed that by movement of the shaft U by means of the hand wheel U3 the gear box may be shifted upon the carriage lt to the required extent, that is to say, the distance between the rings K T must vary with the length of the barrel to be cleaned and this distance is increased or decreased by movement of the carriage lt which carries the ring T. New since the distance between the gear box and the arm 25 which engages the fixed spindle C is always a fixed one an adjustment between the gear box and the carriage must be made. when the machine has been set for a short barrel and longer barrels are next to be cleaned the insertion of one of them between the rings K T would leave the arm 25 suspended free of the spindle C because the F or example gear box U would not lie near enough to the head Gr K. lt, therefore, becomes necessary to shift the gear box in the direction of said head by means of the pinion U2 and the rack RYwherebythe arm 25 will move up to and upon the said spindle C. Y

ln order to place a barrel in the machine the gear (l, which during the barrel cleaning operation has been idle, is shifted into mesh with one of the (roars 7, 9, to move the carriage R along the screw 2 toward the head G l. The gear box U also moves with the carriage so that the parts carrying the cutting tool, or plano, will be carried toward said head, the arm slipping upon the spindle C. lii removing the barrel the revei'se operation is brought about. v'lhe distance the carriage is moved along the said screw 2 is only sufficient to permit the barrel to be easily moved sidewise and shifted from loff the arm 25.

A firm support for theV outer suspended ends of the pattern guide 27 and the screw 2d is required and therefore the arm 25 is provided to slip upon the spindle C, as eX- plained, and also it is preferred to prevent the arm from moving relatively to the said spindle when placed thereon. This is done by providing a key-way C in the latter and a key C2 in the arm so that Vwhen the said arm passes over the spindle the ley inust enter the key-way. Y

The rotation of the ring lrotates the barrel and the vbarrel-carryiiig ring within the tail piece T carrying the barrel rotates with said barrel. rlhe screw 2 and the shaft 11 must be provided with key-ways as illustrated and described so that the gear 6 on the former and the gear d8 on the latter `while rotating therewith can slide along them as the gear box moves along` the base A with the carriage This is also true of the gear 13 of the said shaft 1l. The gears (S and -lS are held relatively to the gear box U by the levers 19 and 50 respectively while the said gear 13 is held by a suitable forked hanger 13 for example, secured to and depending from the xed shaft 45.

Since the gear boxl moves some considerable distance the mentioned gears must be free to move with it.

I may vary the structureV and arrange- `nient of parts since the invention is susceptible ofchanges without departing from the spirit and intent thereof.

Having' thus described my invention I claim: 1 y

l] ln a machine for dressing the interior of barrels, in combination, a suitable rotatinghead to carry one end of a barrel, a tail piece movable in the direction of the said head and arranged to carry Athe other end of the barrel, a feed screw projecting through the said tail piece toward said head and adapted to move, a. bar lying` parallel to Vthe screw and likewise extending toward the head and arranged to move in an arc about said screw, a tool carryingrmember engaging the screw and slidable upon the bar, a tool carried by the member, a pattern guidecarried by the tail piece and extending into theV barrel, and a hanger movable upon and along the saine and pivotally attached to the tool. Y

2. In a machine for dressing the interior of barrels, in combination, a suitable bed, a rotating head Vto carry one end of the barrel,

atail piece to carry the other end and movable loward 'the head, a carriage movable longitudinallyV of said bed, a rotating screw ;ournaled therein and extending toward the head, a bar lying lparallel to and arranged to swing in an'aic about said screw, a tool carrying member slidableV upon the bar and engaging the screwyafpattern guide carried by and extending from the carriage toward the rotating head, a member suspended from the pattern guide and carrying a tool, the first described tool carrying member also carrying said tool, and a support to carry the screw and the pattern guide at their ends adjacent the rotating head.

o. ln a machine of toe character described,

in combination, a suitable bed, aV Vrotating head to carry one end of barrel tail piece including a rotating part to carry the other 'end of the barrel, a carriage movable with respect to the tail piece longitudinally of the bed, means extending from the car-V riage toward the head and movable with fr. 'In a machine of the character described,

in combination a suitable bed, a rotating head to carry one end of a barrel, aftail piece including a rotating part to carry the Aother end of the barrel, a `carriage movable with respect to the tail piece longitudinally of the bed, means extending from the carriage in the direction of the head and iiicluding a screw, means to rotate the screw in either direction, a rod lying parallel to and movable in an arc about! said screw members loosely mounted on the latter to4 carry said rod, a pattern guide mount/eden the carriage and extending'in the direction of the rotating head, a member in which theV free ends of the pattern guide and the screw are carried, the former being fixed and the latter being rotatable therein, a tool, a

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hanger suspended from the pattern guide and carrying thev tool, and a part engaging the screw and having the tool attached to it.

5. in a machine of the characterdescribed the combination of a suitable bed, a rotating driving head to carry one end oi a barrel, a tail-piece to carry the other end of the barrel and adjustable longitudinally of the bed, a cz'irriage movable upon and longitudinally of the bed independently of the said tailpiece, a tool to engage the interior surface of the barrel, a pattern guide mounted on the carriage, means carried by the guide to carry the tool, means to move the tool along said guide comprising a screw extendingfrom and rotatable in the said carriage and including a part on the screw to engage said tool, means to rotate the screw in either direction at will, a rod spaced from the screw and lying parallel to it, spaced arms carried by and iixed relatively to the rod and mounted on the screw and arranged, togethe1 with the rod, to have a free arcuate movement about the said screw, and a suppolting member extending from the rotating head with which, in use, one of said arms is adapted to engage, and by which said arm is supported.

6. ln a machine `for dressing the interior of barrels, the combination of the machine frame, a carriage movable longitudinally upon said frame, a pattern guide supported by said carriage to extend into the barrel to be dressed, a screw supported by the carriage and extending in the same general dii'ection as said pattern guide. means to rotate the screw in either direction, an arm in which the extended ends of the pattern guide and screw are carried, the latter being rotatable therein, a support with which the arm is adapted to engage, a rod lying parallel to the screw, arms secured to said rod and loosely mounted on the screw and adapted to have an arcuate movement with respect to the axis of rotation of said screw, a tool, means to suspend it from the pattern guide, and a member slidable upon the rod and engaging the screw and engaging the said tool.

7. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a carriage, a pattern guide mounted at one end thereon, a hanger movable upon the pattern guide, a tool suspended from the hanger, a rotatable screw substantially paralleling the pattern guide and journaled in the carriage, a rod parallel- 3 ing the screw, a pair of arms mounted on the screw to swing about it in an arc of movement, and having the rod fixed therein, and a member engaging the screw and slidable on the second rod and engaging the tool, and a lever fixed relative to the rod.

8. In a machine of the class described, including a suitable bed, the combination with a pair of rotating rings to engage the ends of a barrel, a carriage mounted upon and movable longitudinally of the bed, a bent member constituting a pattern guide iixed at one end relative to the carriage, and in the operation of the machine adapted to extend through the rings, an arm iixed relative to said pattern guide at the free end thereof, a screw journaled at its ends in the carriage and said arm, a member having a position coincident with the axis of rotation of the rings and extended to receive the said arm, said member adapted for supporting the screw and the pattern guide, a rod paralleling the screw, means to support the rod from said screw and permit said rod to have an arcuate movement relative to the latter, a hanger suspended from and movable along the pattern guide, a tool suspended from the same, and a part engaging the screw and connected with the tool.

9. In a machine of the class described including rotatable means to carry a barrel, a carriage, a pattern guide mounted on said carriage, a tool to engage the interior of the barrel, a hanger suspended from the pattern guide and engaging the tool, a screw rotatably mounted in the carriage and substantially paralleling the pattern guide, a member engaging the screw and movable along the same, and connected with the tool, pressure manually being placed upon the tool by means of said member.

In testimony whereof I alix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

MICHAEL J. HADDGAN.

Witnesses JAMES E. PILLSBURY, L. M. THUnLow.

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